Los Angeles history

Mickey Cohen's Caddy

November 15, 2007 | 6:24
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Michael "Mickey" Cohen needed a new bulletproof Cadillac for several reasons: His home was bombed in February 1950 and his previous Cadillac acquired some bullet holes outside Sherry's Restaurant, 9039 Sunset Blvd., on July 20, 1949.

Photograph by Clay Willcockson / Los Angeles Times

Photograph by Clay Willcockson / Los Angeles TimesLater that day, outside Sherry's. (Sorry about the seam down the middle. This is what happens when I scan in a huge print and have to paste the halves together).